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The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1920-06-17

The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1920-06-17

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VOL. II, NO. I.
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AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1920.
"SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD"
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REV. STICK TEUS
OF WORK IN AFRICA
OOSPEL HA* BROUGHT ZULUS
OUT OP SAVAGERY INTO
PROSPERITY.
Rev. Stick whose boyhi
la Brownhelm and who
missionary to Africa for th
eral yean haa very kindly consented
to write an arttcla for' tbls paper
about aome of the natives ot that
country. He la trail known Tn thla
city baring lived In Brownhelm almost all hla life before taking up mis-
alonary work and ao the article will
be of especial Interest to many ot hla
friends and acquaintances. The article
follows:
Before ths days of Ghaka the South
African tribes were not a blood-thirsty lot. There were occasional tribal
fights whloh would satisfy their war
Ilka natures. Often a day waa fixed
beforehand when men of rival tribes
met In battle' and settled their disputes; bnt at those times they did
not light to shed blood, or burn houses
or capture cattle, or destroy each
other, but met simply to settla a Quarrel and aee which waa the strongest.
At those times the women looked on
while the men fought; an army then
never slept away from home and Ihe
aun that aaw tribes fight never set
until the quarrel was ended. After
the battle some young warriors would
often send their shields home with
their friends while they remained to
court the sisters and daughters of the
men witli whom they had quarreled
and fought. w
But things changed in 1818. The
cruel Zulu Chief Chaka suddenly
gained,the throne of the then small
Zulu tribe, which had its home in the
country now known as Zululand, about
1,000 miles northeast of Cap* Town.
For aome few years before Chaka's
reign the good old days **ere fading
and the chief preceding Chaka fought
for conquest and dominion, not simply
for the settling ot tribal wuarrels. But
Chaka, besides having a terrible thirst
for the conquest of all and everybody
in slfht, delighted in conquest by murder, cruelty, and devaataUon. ' It la
aald that he waded through slaughter
to the throne and ahut the gates ot
mercy on mankind. Upon hla accession to the throne Chaka, at once aet
out on a aaaafsafm of complete conquest aa «td Alexander one Great In
his day. Like Alexander, hla pita waa
to conquer every available tribe, and
make them Zulus in feeling as well
as In name. Of the tribes-conquered
only the young men were spared, old
** men, women and children were murdered mercilessly in cold blood because", as he said, rtthey only consumed the food which made young
warrlora strong." Because of this
terrible cruelty Chaka waa called by
his people the "Hyena-man;"
Aa his little army began to move
south they found the land before
them like a garden of Eden; they
left In their tracks a barren, burnt,
blood-stained wilderness. Huts were
burned, cattle and corn'seized. Human beings lied to bide in secret caves
like hunted rabbits. In less than ten
years Chaka is thought to haye destroyed 800 tribes, and extended his
power 600 miles north, south and west.
Some few individuals escaped his
bloody spears, but those who escaped
only perished In hunger.
Seas White Man.Coming.
But who Uvea by the sword perishes
by the sword. In 1888 he fell victim
* to the spear of his brother Dlngaan.
Whan he was breathing his laat Chaka
exclaimed to his murderer, "You think
you will rule this land when I am
gone, but I see the white man coming,
and he will be your master." And so
it waa. Not, long after' the death ot
' the cruel Chief Chaka, the white men
began to settle about the bay where
now is the beautiful city of Durban.
By 1840, after much terrible bloodshed
of both whites and blacks, Dlngaan
also laid low In battle. From that
day to this the land conquered- and
ruined by Chaka and Dlngaan haa
been under the dominion of the white
man.
(Continued next week)
ANOTHER COUPLE INCREASE
LIST OP JUNE WEDDINGS
Another wedding of Intereat In the
past week Is that of Frank Wensel of
this place to Miss Bdna McCall of
Lorain. The couple were united In
marriage at a cathedral In Cleveland
non. The ceremony
8:80 Saturday ev-
ng people left Im-
for Nlagra Falls and will
also visit other eastern cities. After
their return they will reside In Lorain,
the groom being employed at tbe
stove works of that city. Before the
marriage the bride waa employed at
the Lorain Banking company.
cmzEM—m. i
SCHOOL SECURES
LYCEUM COURSE
SUPT. POWERS BUILDS UP VERY
STRONG COURSE INCLUD- ,
ING HOME TALENT.
Amherst Is to have a Lyceum course
again next winter. This time It will
beunder the auspices of the Amherst
public schools and a 1, hough they have
not undertaken It for several years
they are sure they will make a success of It both in a financial way and
In an educational way as well as ln
the way of entertainment.
The attractions this year are among
the best ever brought to Amherst.
Three ot the numbers will be furnished by the Colt-Alber Lyceum Bureau and the other one will be secured Independent of them.
The three numbers furnished by the
Colt- Alber people are'the Wells entertainers, a group of people who will
Interest and entertain you from the
time you reach the hall until you go
home and you will enjoy ever minute
of the time you are there.
Another number Is a lecture by
President Burns who Is called "Burns
of the Mountains" because of the
country from which he comes. He is
president of a college in Alabama and
his original home is among the mountains of Virginia. Mr. Burns is a
noted lecturer and although never appearing In Amherst before, he comes
here highly recommended and Is sure
to present something to the people
that will be Interesting and beneficial
to them. The Ftsher-Schipp Concert
company will furnish the attraction
for one evening. This company Is
among the best known on the Lyceum
platform and their musical numbers
and other forms of entertainment will
delight every music, lover in AmhersL
The Oberlln College Men's Qlee
club will also be secured. This will
be secured aside from the Colt-Alber
people but will be given as a number
of tbe course Just the same. The
Oberlln Olee club has appeared in
Amherst before and was pronounced a
decided success by all who heard them
BAD STORM DOES
MUCH DAMAGE
WIND BREAKS TREES AND
JURE8 CROPS BUT RAIN
DOES MUCH GOOD.
IN
The storm that hit Amherst Wednesday morning was the worst suffered
here this season and about the worst
one for several years. It started
about 10 o'clock and from that time
on it blew, hailed, rained and about
every other possible thing. The wind
storm did more damage than the
rain, however, and at the beginning
the big thunderbolts darkened everything and It was exceedingly danger-
out for those driving machines not
only on account of the darkness but
because of the falling limbs of trees.
Trees on every street In town were
blown down and large limbs were
broken off of others. Much damage
was done to the electric light wires
and the Interurban waa unable to run
for a short time because the trolley
was blown down between here and
the Junction.
Much damage was done to fruit
trees ln and about town and many
thousands of dollars were lost In this
way. Tbe farmera around the town
suffered much worse than the people
In the village through damage to crops
and fruit.
The rain, however, was badly needed and that which fell all night Wednesday night and on Thursday will
help growing crops and gardens wonderfully.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
TO BE HELD NEXT MONTH
Stenographers, typists anil clerks
are again called for in the official
bulletin of the SStuto Civil Service commission In Its examinations to be held
during the first ten days In July.
Other examinations aro to be held
next month by the commission to (ill
other state offices.
Complete Information regarding all
examinations will be sent free lo ull
Interested, together with the necessary application Idiitiks upon request I
to (he State Civil Service commission.
Columbus, Ohio.
CONFERENCE HELD AT
ST. PETERS
MRS. NALLEY DIES
AFTER OPERATION
MEMORIAL BODY
TO MEET TONIGHT
TO DEFINITELY DECIDE ON PLAN
OP BUILDING AND HOW TO
RAISE MONEY.
The Soldier Memorial committee
will hold a, meeting tonight in the
town hall to discuss plana for the
erection of the memorial for the soldiers. Members representing all the
different organizations ln the city
will be there to tell what their organ
lzations think ot the proposition. The
American Legion will, be well represented and will do all they can to
help get it started. '
It has been decided by the committee to build a community house
whloh will be a fine thing for Amherst not only as a memorial tor the
soldiers, but also as a place for the
people to enjoy themselves and for
the children to be eritertalned. The
Idea at the present time la to build
a substantial structure that Amherst
GRAFTON BEATS
LOCALS SUNDAY
TO PLAY ELYRIA CUBS HER NEXT
SUNDAY AT HOME, FIRST
- OF SEASON.
will be proud of and which can be
but there Is always a change of pro-1 enjoyed by every person In the village
gram from year to year and in fact
it is not the same group of men
that make up the personell from
year to year, hence hearing the club
aga'n Is like hearing.a new entertainment.
Supt. F. It. Powers, who is fathering the Lyceum course says that there
will be one school entertainment that
will also be Included in the course
thus making five numbers in all.
He says they have to pay almost as
much for the three numbers from the
lycoum fbjireau as the Minute men
paid for five the past year, hence u.|
better class of entertainment la,, assured from this source and the two
othar entertainments mentioned will
go to make up the strongest course
ever given tn Amherst.
RUSSELL NICHOLl
WEDS ELYRIA GIRL
IS SON OF MRS. ELLA NICHOLL,
WELL KNOWN—EMPLOYED
IN LORAIN.
REPORTS SHOW CHURCHES OF
STATE TO BE ADVANCING
WORK OF CHRI8T.
The annual conference of the Ohio
district of the Kviingellcul Synod of
North America has dosed after being
held here for live days ending Monday of this week. The conference
wiik held at St. Peter's lOvangellcul
church ami the opening services were
conducted Thursday night ut 7:.Id
o'clock. Services were held every afternoon and evening after the opening
except on Saturday when no evening
services were held. All meetings
were conducted in Knglish and many
outsiders enjoyed Ihem
On Ihe opening day the Uev. Mr.
Lehman gave ihe main address. The
Uev Mr Schmidt of Van Wert, Ohio
I IdrtMMd the audience on Friday evening. Sunday School wus held at
the usual time Sunday and two speakers addrSSSSd those In at tendance.
Immediately fotlowtag the Sunday
School. morning services were held at
which time tho Rev, Mr Klenle of
Mansfield occupied the pnlpR,
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock a
separata convention was held. This
was a meeting of all the delegates
of the district lootherhoods. On Sunday evening one of the largest services
of the five days was held. The speakers of tho evening won1 Itev. Mr.
Aleele of EHislon. Ohio, and Ihe Rev.
Mr Wulsnian of Cleveland Monday
(lie (dosing day, the Hev. Mr Hague
of New Bremen, Ohio, was the pro-
TWO COUPLES COME
HERE TO WED
Al HER8T YOUNG PEOPLE MARRY
CLEVELANDERS— REV. A.
EGLI TIE8 KNOTS.
and surrounding community. The
American Legion will undoubtedly
have club rooms in the building.
Nothing has been done as yet about
financing the project, but It Is quite
certain tbat the people will support
the proposition to show their appreciation of what the soldiers did for
them when they left their homes aad
friends to go and fight for their conn-
iry and civilisation. The meeting
tonight will practically decide what
will be done and how the money will
be raised. All the members ot the
committee will report the results ot
their work to the larger body from
which they were elected and from thla
the plans for further action will be
taken. Every member of the general
committee was urged to attend and
It la believed that a large crowd will
be present,
The Amherst baseball team Journeyed to Urafton Sunday afternoon and
and met defeat at the hands of the
strong Grafton team. The final score
was 8-2 although the score does not
Indicate It the game was cloae throughout and the members of the Amherst team put npMgood game. The
regular lineup fo-HRlSerat was used
with Barck pitching. This lineup
f-seems tp be about the best tried yet
and with a little more practice the
locals will be able to hold their own
with any team In the country.
Next Sunday afternoon the locals
will play their first game at home.
The strong Elyria Cuba will furnish
the opposition, The Amherst players say they are going to win and
want every Amherst baseball fan out
to see them do it. Amherst has some
fine baseball material and since they
have started a .team they, should have
the support of every Amherst person
I Interested ln baseball.
Ashley Slack has been chosen man»
ager of the team and is trying to book
games with many other teams In and
around the county. Orugel has been
chosen captain and with these two
to lead the team Its success Is assured. * The lineup of the team at the
present time Is as follows:
Pitchers, Baroll and Paul Oumstock;
IB Fred Xaby; 2B Orugel; SB Molll-
son; 88* Oumstock; L. F. Kosack; C.
F. Themnllng; R. F. Bartlome.
Mrs. C. H. Purcell and daughter Jan-
is, und Mrs. Geo. Walker visited friends in Oberlln Tuesday afternon.
LAWRENCE-BRADLEY
NUPTIALS AT 8T. JOSEPH'S
A pretty wedding took place at St.
Josephs Catholic Church Wednesday
morning at 0 O'clock when Miss Carolyn Lawrence waa united in marriage
to John Bradley. Miss Lawrence is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Lawrence and Mr. Bradley la the son
of Mr. and Mra.' Frank Bradley. Rev.
Fr. Blschen officiated at the ceremony.
The significance of the wedding waa
added to be tbe singing of the nuptial
high mass by the choir. The bride
carried a beautiful bouquet of bride's
roses and was attired ln a beautiful
gown of white satin. The church was
orowded with friends and relatives
and was prettily decorated in flowers
of many varieties.
Immediately after the ceremony the
couple left for Detroit where they will
Spend seyeral days and than will go on
to other cities In Michigan and Canada*
They will reside with the brides par-
entsmpon their return.
Beth young people ara wall known
in this City and are prominent In social
otrclss.
Of interest to ihe many friends of
Ming Anna Schwitzke comes the announcement of her marriage to Gus-
tava Moeller pf Cleveland. They were
unlied In. marriage ut 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the home ot tli>
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs Win
Schwitzke. The coupe was unattended. Rev. Egll officiated, using the
rlc; ceremony. The young couple
left immediately tor a trip to Buffalo,
Nligru Falls and other points ot interest.
The bride is well known ln Amherst
having resided here until a short time
agj when she went to Cleveland where
she was employed until thla time.
The groom Is also employed in Cleveland and the young couple will reside
ln that city upon their return.
Miss Mary Globe and Frank Scheft
ler both of Cleveland were united ln
marriage Wednesday evening at 6
o'clock at the home of the groom's
parents on North Main street. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. A.
Etvll, pastor of the St. Peter's church
of this place. The young people are
boh of Cleveland and,will reside in
that city after enjoying a Short wedding trip.
M. D. Fleckner visited ln Fremont
last week Thursday.
Mrs. C. H. Purcell, Mrs. Clare Stl-
wald and the Mlssess Mable, Agnes
and Ruth Walker attended a meeting
of the D. A. R. in Lorain Monday.
The thirty denominations taking
part in the Interchurch World Movement have fixed their aggregate budget at' J336,777,672.
SHORTHORN 8HOW CUP8
BEING ENGRAVED HERE
A large number of Amherst people
have been enjoying bathing at the
lake resorts the past week.
Tbe wedding of Russell Nicholl to
Miss Evangeline Qelrlsh of Elyriu
came as a complete surprise to their
many friends both ln Amherst and
Blyria. The couple were quietly married Wednesday afternoon at Elyria
and were unattended.
Mr. Nicholl la the son of Mrs. Ella
Nicholl and is well known In Amherst
having attended the public schools
here and living here all his life. He
attended University School ln Cleveland for one year and later returned
und attended Amherst High School.
Last year he took a course In business
training at Oberlln Business College
and while there met Miss Gelrlsh who
was also attending the school. Later
after finishing his training here Mr.
Nicholl accepted a position with the
Central garage as an automobile salesman and has been ^employed there
until the time of his marriage. He
will continue to work there after their
return from a wedding trip and the
couple will realde in Amherst. Mr.
Nicholl will go back and forth to his
work as has been his custom
Mrs. Nicholl is prominent In social
circles in Elyria, being well known
in Amherst, Elyria and Lorain.
WA8 ACTIVE IN SOCIAL AND
CHURCH CIRCLES—BURIAL
IN SOUTH AMHERST.
Mrs. A. F. Nalley passed away al
the local hospital Tuesday nMcrnoon
ut two o'clock. Death followed an
operation performed at Ihe hospital
u week ago Wednesday.
Mrs. Nalley was 4S years !• months
and Hi days old ut the tlmo of her
death. She was born al Amherst in
1871 and on July fi. l'lOfi she was united In marriage to A. F. Nalley nt this
place. She has lived here ull her
life and is well known and liked by
everyone who knew her and leaves
muny friends to mourn her death
She Is survived by here husband
Mr. A. K. Nalley und two sons, Vincent 14, and Howard 7, of Amhersi.
one brother, Mr. George Curry of
Berlin Heights, four sisters. Missj
Amelia furry. Mrs. Fred Wilbur»•••••* speaker.
Miss Ttrzuh Curry, all ot Olivet, Mich.! Local People Interested in Meetings
and Mrs. Sherman Schofleld of Char Large crowds of townspeople at-
lotte. Mich. One step sister Mrs tended Ibe services, ihey being open
Iduh Carrol of Ann Arbor. Mich. to everyone. Many people realized
Mrs. Nalley wus very prominent In! the value of the educational eaim as
social circles and always took an i well as Ihe moral side of attending a
uellve part in work of this sort. She series of meet lugs of this kind and
was.u member of the local Mothodlst t|1(.y also took advantage ol' the op-
church, was president of the Metho-i portunily.
•list Sewing Society, was u member j Abo(1| ,.. niiM|sl(.r.s wt,r,, preaent
of the Mothers Circle, ,W. 0. T. U..'i||1(1 at)oul M delegates, making about
the Woman's Foreign Missionary So-1 no ,„ u„ .,.,„. me„ wh„(> hpn, were
clety of the Methodist church, the eatBrtaihed at the homes of the aaw
American Red Cross and for many ,,„,.„ „f ,,„, ,.hur(.h They W(>n, 8erved
years past has held a responsible ,„„,, ,,iMI,,.r !in(, aammae while here
office In the local order of Knights a) ,h(, , hllri.h ,):iriors by the ladles
and Ladles of Security and previous\ „. „„. , hur,.h Hn(l ,n th,B way wprfi
had held other offices In this order. ' ,lbIo ,,, ,„. toBeTher a,i dav an,l got
Private funeral services win bs held ,,„,,„,. iir.i|llilU)t0<,. Thfs „.„., of the
at the home at two o'clock Frlduy ; ,„.„,,,..„„ ;,n thl. mt.n enjoyed und ex-
afternoon und win be conducted hy Vprt-ied ^^ appreciation afld thinks.
the Rev. A. A. Hunter, services at j Th(1 Kr„ „,„„,,.„ r,.n(lllr,)(| special mu-
the church will also be conducted by I „,,. al „„ ,,,„ m,..lls ,l|l(, ,,,HH8ed tnt.
MRS. BEESING ENTERTAIN8
LOCAL CLOVERLEAF CLUB
The Cloverelaf club was entertained
this afternoon by Mrs. Leonard Beesing at her home on Franklin street.
A Jarge number ot ladles were present who enjoyed the sewing and the
delicious lunch served by the hostess
ut the close of the meeting.
CASE OF J08EPH VS. GEORGE
HEARD BV JUSTICE 8MVTHE
U
The two beautiful large loving cups
given us prizes ut the show and sale
of the New London Shorthorn Breeders' association on June 8, are being
engraved by J. B. Avery local Jeweler.
The cups when finished will bear
the following Inscriptions:
MARSHALL TROPHY
Frank Schibley
CAMPION J3ULL
Paragon Radium
1»20.
PARAGON TROPHY
Won By
Lawrence Kllngshlrn
CHAMPION FEMAL
Clara Lavender
mo.
The first was the president's trophy
given by the association at the show
to the owner of the prise bull and the
other was the prise offered by the
Paragon stock farms of this place for
the best female of the show.
The case -of Abraham Joaepb vs.
Sam Oeorge was brought before Justice of the Peace J. J. Smytfce Monday evening ln the town hall.
The case was the result ot a fistic
quurrel which occurred on the evening or June 7, about 6:16 p. in. when
Abraham Oeorge who was accompanied by Sum Oeorge attucked and
asduulted Abruhum Joseph. Oeorge
was fined |25 and costs after pleading
guilty However, Joseph also brought
the charge ugulnst Sain Ueorge on
tho same grounds.
At the trlul both the defendant und
the plaintiff told different stories of
the* fight. Oeorge said Uiat he hud
no interest whatever in It other than
telling the two that they had fought
enough and It was time tor them to
stop. Joseph claims that both of the
Georges attacked him without any
cause while the other two said that
Joseph called A. Oeorge names before
any trouble began. Attorney Frank
Coleman of Lorain defended Kani
Oeorge while Wm. A. Miller ot Amherst pled the case for the plaintiff.
Alter much argument and examination, Justice Smyihe dismissed the
case. In closing he said tbat this
quarrel Bhowes rivalry between the
two Syrian factions in this town and
he said that their enmity must be
quelled. ' He told the Syrians that lf
they were ever brought to court again
they would bo aent to Jail.
Nelson Buumhardt of Avon spent
Thursday ln Amherst calling on
friends.
8EVERAL CHANGES IN
POST OFFICE FORCE
Several changes have been made in
the staff of the local post oincje. Mr.
John Kaufman who has been carrier
■
for route number one has resigned
and will be employed us carpenter
with Schroeder Bros, contractors. Ed.
S;-til will take rurul route number one
and Earl Llpphardt will take the position vacated by Mr. Sahl.
him und will be held ut 2:30 p. m.
Hurial will be made In Evergreen
cemetery In South Amherst In the
family lot. •
GOT DIPPED IN LAKE, TEE HEE!
Lust week one duy several fellows
from town went to Ouk I'olnt fishing
and among them was Ihe unlucky Dr.
O. M. Parker who like the rest had
tuken off his shoes uud rolled up Ills
trousers and was wading in the water
carrying his tlshing .od when his fool
came ln contuct with a rock a little
larger thun the rest and he went down.
He got everything wet but his hut
and shoes and those he left ou (he
bunk. The other fellows lent him
idothes until his dried out. It would
be hard to tell whether his attire during the drying process was Intended
to Imitate thut of a hermit or of a
chorus girl.
WANTED—Copies of News-Times of
May 13th and May 20th, 1920, 5c per
copy if left at the office.
COUNCIL HOLDS
SHORT MEETING
visitors very much with their display
I ability.
Special music was also rendered at
all meetings by the church choir which
added much interest
Reports Show Progress.
The reports read by those In attendance show thai Ihe affairs of the
ohurch and Ihe outlook for the future
is especially promising. No resolutions were passed which were of public Interest.
The convention on the whole was
B great success and those In charge
should be complimented on the way
thlngs were carried out. The ladies
of the church should lie especially
complimented on the way they served
the meals and their services are well
paid for ln the thanks of the men
attending the convention.
Many men prominent in church
work were present and offered sug
gestions to the pastors present for
enlarging and building up ihelr congregations.
The Kev. Mr. Lindennieier, it former
pastor here was ln attendance und
seemed lo enjoy getting hack to Amherst again. He was elected president tar another yeur.
Kev. Risen of Sandusky was elected
secretary and Rev, A Egll was elected president of the stale brotherhood
federation.
Pre. (leu. .1. Utilizer was ulso in attendance together with other .officers
of the general synod.
MATTHEW LAWLESS AND
BIRDINA FOSTER MARRIED
LLOYD SCHROEDER, 10
DIED MONDAY NIGHT
Lloyd Schroeder, 10, son of Martin
Schroeder of Church street died at the
home of bis parents on Monday night.
Death was due to spinal meningitis
which he contracted following severul children's diseases.
He Is survived by his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Schroeder und his
grandparents and brother Earl Schroeder. 6.
Up until the time of his death he
hud been attending the public schools
of Amherst und was In tbe 5th grade
at tbe time of his death.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon ut St. Peters Evengelicul
church. They will be conducted by
the Rev. Mr. Egll and Interment will
be made in Cleveland uvenue cemetery.
The wedding of Miss iilrdinu Foster and Matthew Lawless of this place
ONE O' THOSE "HELLO, GOOD
BYE SORT—JUST A MERE
FORMALITY.
The village council held u meeting
ln the council chamber Tuesday even
lug.
Nothing of great importance was
brought up und itlthough the neoei
sury quorum was present the meeting 1 although expected for some, time, earns
wus only In session a short time. as ;, complete surprise to their near-
Mayor Smythe presided al Ihe meet- : ,.st friends and relatives. • The couple
lug and ufter a short discussion OS was United in marriage Wednesday
small unlniportuni subjects a motion morning al B o'clock ut the parrlsh
wus made to udjourn and the meeting j house l>> the Re I'r Klsclien. They
closed.
Mayor Smythe doesn't believe in
u long drawnout discussion on trivial
subjects. He leaven mutters up to | m,my ,-,„■ ChloaCO and oilier western
Robert Patten and family were Oberlln visitors Tuesday evening.
were attended by Mrs Quiglsy, sister
Of tbe lui.le and Mr. Quiglsy, The
couple left Immediately after the cere-
his committees und simply uses the
meeting for u short conference to do
the things necessarily done by ull.
We might say Ihul Mr. Smythe ts u
man of few words uutl the council
seems to have got Into his way ot
doing things by making decisions us
quickly us possible. It the council-
men waul io put anything through
they huve to cook It up before they
come to tha meeting. They don't
huve time to think out all the details
there.
Oeorge Becker spent Saturday evening In Elyria.
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cities ami upon their return will reside in this city
Both young people are well known
in ibis (lly. having lived here ull
Ihelr lives. They huve both been pro-
miiieiu in social circles and have
many friends In this and nearby cities.
1'ntil tbo close of tho school term this
year, Mrs. Luwless has been employed
us fifth grade' teacher iu the locul
school und was very Eiccesstul in her
work. Mr. Lawless is employed lu
thi' freight ollice of the New York
Central railroad ut Elyriu und is a
valued employe of tbat compuny huv-
[lug worked there for muny years.
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THE AMHERST NEWS-TIMES
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VOL. II, NO. I.
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AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1920.
"SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD"
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REV. STICK TEUS
OF WORK IN AFRICA
OOSPEL HA* BROUGHT ZULUS
OUT OP SAVAGERY INTO
PROSPERITY.
Rev. Stick whose boyhi
la Brownhelm and who
missionary to Africa for th
eral yean haa very kindly consented
to write an arttcla for' tbls paper
about aome of the natives ot that
country. He la trail known Tn thla
city baring lived In Brownhelm almost all hla life before taking up mis-
alonary work and ao the article will
be of especial Interest to many ot hla
friends and acquaintances. The article
follows:
Before ths days of Ghaka the South
African tribes were not a blood-thirsty lot. There were occasional tribal
fights whloh would satisfy their war
Ilka natures. Often a day waa fixed
beforehand when men of rival tribes
met In battle' and settled their disputes; bnt at those times they did
not light to shed blood, or burn houses
or capture cattle, or destroy each
other, but met simply to settla a Quarrel and aee which waa the strongest.
At those times the women looked on
while the men fought; an army then
never slept away from home and Ihe
aun that aaw tribes fight never set
until the quarrel was ended. After
the battle some young warriors would
often send their shields home with
their friends while they remained to
court the sisters and daughters of the
men witli whom they had quarreled
and fought. w
But things changed in 1818. The
cruel Zulu Chief Chaka suddenly
gained,the throne of the then small
Zulu tribe, which had its home in the
country now known as Zululand, about
1,000 miles northeast of Cap* Town.
For aome few years before Chaka's
reign the good old days **ere fading
and the chief preceding Chaka fought
for conquest and dominion, not simply
for the settling ot tribal wuarrels. But
Chaka, besides having a terrible thirst
for the conquest of all and everybody
in slfht, delighted in conquest by murder, cruelty, and devaataUon. ' It la
aald that he waded through slaughter
to the throne and ahut the gates ot
mercy on mankind. Upon hla accession to the throne Chaka, at once aet
out on a aaaafsafm of complete conquest aa «td Alexander one Great In
his day. Like Alexander, hla pita waa
to conquer every available tribe, and
make them Zulus in feeling as well
as In name. Of the tribes-conquered
only the young men were spared, old
** men, women and children were murdered mercilessly in cold blood because", as he said, rtthey only consumed the food which made young
warrlora strong." Because of this
terrible cruelty Chaka waa called by
his people the "Hyena-man;"
Aa his little army began to move
south they found the land before
them like a garden of Eden; they
left In their tracks a barren, burnt,
blood-stained wilderness. Huts were
burned, cattle and corn'seized. Human beings lied to bide in secret caves
like hunted rabbits. In less than ten
years Chaka is thought to haye destroyed 800 tribes, and extended his
power 600 miles north, south and west.
Some few individuals escaped his
bloody spears, but those who escaped
only perished In hunger.
Seas White Man.Coming.
But who Uvea by the sword perishes
by the sword. In 1888 he fell victim
* to the spear of his brother Dlngaan.
Whan he was breathing his laat Chaka
exclaimed to his murderer, "You think
you will rule this land when I am
gone, but I see the white man coming,
and he will be your master." And so
it waa. Not, long after' the death ot
' the cruel Chief Chaka, the white men
began to settle about the bay where
now is the beautiful city of Durban.
By 1840, after much terrible bloodshed
of both whites and blacks, Dlngaan
also laid low In battle. From that
day to this the land conquered- and
ruined by Chaka and Dlngaan haa
been under the dominion of the white
man.
(Continued next week)
ANOTHER COUPLE INCREASE
LIST OP JUNE WEDDINGS
Another wedding of Intereat In the
past week Is that of Frank Wensel of
this place to Miss Bdna McCall of
Lorain. The couple were united In
marriage at a cathedral In Cleveland
non. The ceremony
8:80 Saturday ev-
ng people left Im-
for Nlagra Falls and will
also visit other eastern cities. After
their return they will reside In Lorain,
the groom being employed at tbe
stove works of that city. Before the
marriage the bride waa employed at
the Lorain Banking company.
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SCHOOL SECURES
LYCEUM COURSE
SUPT. POWERS BUILDS UP VERY
STRONG COURSE INCLUD- ,
ING HOME TALENT.
Amherst Is to have a Lyceum course
again next winter. This time It will
beunder the auspices of the Amherst
public schools and a 1, hough they have
not undertaken It for several years
they are sure they will make a success of It both in a financial way and
In an educational way as well as ln
the way of entertainment.
The attractions this year are among
the best ever brought to Amherst.
Three ot the numbers will be furnished by the Colt-Alber Lyceum Bureau and the other one will be secured Independent of them.
The three numbers furnished by the
Colt- Alber people are'the Wells entertainers, a group of people who will
Interest and entertain you from the
time you reach the hall until you go
home and you will enjoy ever minute
of the time you are there.
Another number Is a lecture by
President Burns who Is called "Burns
of the Mountains" because of the
country from which he comes. He is
president of a college in Alabama and
his original home is among the mountains of Virginia. Mr. Burns is a
noted lecturer and although never appearing In Amherst before, he comes
here highly recommended and Is sure
to present something to the people
that will be Interesting and beneficial
to them. The Ftsher-Schipp Concert
company will furnish the attraction
for one evening. This company Is
among the best known on the Lyceum
platform and their musical numbers
and other forms of entertainment will
delight every music, lover in AmhersL
The Oberlln College Men's Qlee
club will also be secured. This will
be secured aside from the Colt-Alber
people but will be given as a number
of tbe course Just the same. The
Oberlln Olee club has appeared in
Amherst before and was pronounced a
decided success by all who heard them
BAD STORM DOES
MUCH DAMAGE
WIND BREAKS TREES AND
JURE8 CROPS BUT RAIN
DOES MUCH GOOD.
IN
The storm that hit Amherst Wednesday morning was the worst suffered
here this season and about the worst
one for several years. It started
about 10 o'clock and from that time
on it blew, hailed, rained and about
every other possible thing. The wind
storm did more damage than the
rain, however, and at the beginning
the big thunderbolts darkened everything and It was exceedingly danger-
out for those driving machines not
only on account of the darkness but
because of the falling limbs of trees.
Trees on every street In town were
blown down and large limbs were
broken off of others. Much damage
was done to the electric light wires
and the Interurban waa unable to run
for a short time because the trolley
was blown down between here and
the Junction.
Much damage was done to fruit
trees ln and about town and many
thousands of dollars were lost In this
way. Tbe farmera around the town
suffered much worse than the people
In the village through damage to crops
and fruit.
The rain, however, was badly needed and that which fell all night Wednesday night and on Thursday will
help growing crops and gardens wonderfully.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
TO BE HELD NEXT MONTH
Stenographers, typists anil clerks
are again called for in the official
bulletin of the SStuto Civil Service commission In Its examinations to be held
during the first ten days In July.
Other examinations aro to be held
next month by the commission to (ill
other state offices.
Complete Information regarding all
examinations will be sent free lo ull
Interested, together with the necessary application Idiitiks upon request I
to (he State Civil Service commission.
Columbus, Ohio.
CONFERENCE HELD AT
ST. PETERS
MRS. NALLEY DIES
AFTER OPERATION
MEMORIAL BODY
TO MEET TONIGHT
TO DEFINITELY DECIDE ON PLAN
OP BUILDING AND HOW TO
RAISE MONEY.
The Soldier Memorial committee
will hold a, meeting tonight in the
town hall to discuss plana for the
erection of the memorial for the soldiers. Members representing all the
different organizations ln the city
will be there to tell what their organ
lzations think ot the proposition. The
American Legion will, be well represented and will do all they can to
help get it started. '
It has been decided by the committee to build a community house
whloh will be a fine thing for Amherst not only as a memorial tor the
soldiers, but also as a place for the
people to enjoy themselves and for
the children to be eritertalned. The
Idea at the present time la to build
a substantial structure that Amherst
GRAFTON BEATS
LOCALS SUNDAY
TO PLAY ELYRIA CUBS HER NEXT
SUNDAY AT HOME, FIRST
- OF SEASON.
will be proud of and which can be
but there Is always a change of pro-1 enjoyed by every person In the village
gram from year to year and in fact
it is not the same group of men
that make up the personell from
year to year, hence hearing the club
aga'n Is like hearing.a new entertainment.
Supt. F. It. Powers, who is fathering the Lyceum course says that there
will be one school entertainment that
will also be Included in the course
thus making five numbers in all.
He says they have to pay almost as
much for the three numbers from the
lycoum fbjireau as the Minute men
paid for five the past year, hence u.|
better class of entertainment la,, assured from this source and the two
othar entertainments mentioned will
go to make up the strongest course
ever given tn Amherst.
RUSSELL NICHOLl
WEDS ELYRIA GIRL
IS SON OF MRS. ELLA NICHOLL,
WELL KNOWN—EMPLOYED
IN LORAIN.
REPORTS SHOW CHURCHES OF
STATE TO BE ADVANCING
WORK OF CHRI8T.
The annual conference of the Ohio
district of the Kviingellcul Synod of
North America has dosed after being
held here for live days ending Monday of this week. The conference
wiik held at St. Peter's lOvangellcul
church ami the opening services were
conducted Thursday night ut 7:.Id
o'clock. Services were held every afternoon and evening after the opening
except on Saturday when no evening
services were held. All meetings
were conducted in Knglish and many
outsiders enjoyed Ihem
On Ihe opening day the Uev. Mr.
Lehman gave ihe main address. The
Uev Mr Schmidt of Van Wert, Ohio
I IdrtMMd the audience on Friday evening. Sunday School wus held at
the usual time Sunday and two speakers addrSSSSd those In at tendance.
Immediately fotlowtag the Sunday
School. morning services were held at
which time tho Rev, Mr Klenle of
Mansfield occupied the pnlpR,
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock a
separata convention was held. This
was a meeting of all the delegates
of the district lootherhoods. On Sunday evening one of the largest services
of the five days was held. The speakers of tho evening won1 Itev. Mr.
Aleele of EHislon. Ohio, and Ihe Rev.
Mr Wulsnian of Cleveland Monday
(lie (dosing day, the Hev. Mr Hague
of New Bremen, Ohio, was the pro-
TWO COUPLES COME
HERE TO WED
Al HER8T YOUNG PEOPLE MARRY
CLEVELANDERS— REV. A.
EGLI TIE8 KNOTS.
and surrounding community. The
American Legion will undoubtedly
have club rooms in the building.
Nothing has been done as yet about
financing the project, but It Is quite
certain tbat the people will support
the proposition to show their appreciation of what the soldiers did for
them when they left their homes aad
friends to go and fight for their conn-
iry and civilisation. The meeting
tonight will practically decide what
will be done and how the money will
be raised. All the members ot the
committee will report the results ot
their work to the larger body from
which they were elected and from thla
the plans for further action will be
taken. Every member of the general
committee was urged to attend and
It la believed that a large crowd will
be present,
The Amherst baseball team Journeyed to Urafton Sunday afternoon and
and met defeat at the hands of the
strong Grafton team. The final score
was 8-2 although the score does not
Indicate It the game was cloae throughout and the members of the Amherst team put npMgood game. The
regular lineup fo-HRlSerat was used
with Barck pitching. This lineup
f-seems tp be about the best tried yet
and with a little more practice the
locals will be able to hold their own
with any team In the country.
Next Sunday afternoon the locals
will play their first game at home.
The strong Elyria Cuba will furnish
the opposition, The Amherst players say they are going to win and
want every Amherst baseball fan out
to see them do it. Amherst has some
fine baseball material and since they
have started a .team they, should have
the support of every Amherst person
I Interested ln baseball.
Ashley Slack has been chosen man»
ager of the team and is trying to book
games with many other teams In and
around the county. Orugel has been
chosen captain and with these two
to lead the team Its success Is assured. * The lineup of the team at the
present time Is as follows:
Pitchers, Baroll and Paul Oumstock;
IB Fred Xaby; 2B Orugel; SB Molll-
son; 88* Oumstock; L. F. Kosack; C.
F. Themnllng; R. F. Bartlome.
Mrs. C. H. Purcell and daughter Jan-
is, und Mrs. Geo. Walker visited friends in Oberlln Tuesday afternon.
LAWRENCE-BRADLEY
NUPTIALS AT 8T. JOSEPH'S
A pretty wedding took place at St.
Josephs Catholic Church Wednesday
morning at 0 O'clock when Miss Carolyn Lawrence waa united in marriage
to John Bradley. Miss Lawrence is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Lawrence and Mr. Bradley la the son
of Mr. and Mra.' Frank Bradley. Rev.
Fr. Blschen officiated at the ceremony.
The significance of the wedding waa
added to be tbe singing of the nuptial
high mass by the choir. The bride
carried a beautiful bouquet of bride's
roses and was attired ln a beautiful
gown of white satin. The church was
orowded with friends and relatives
and was prettily decorated in flowers
of many varieties.
Immediately after the ceremony the
couple left for Detroit where they will
Spend seyeral days and than will go on
to other cities In Michigan and Canada*
They will reside with the brides par-
entsmpon their return.
Beth young people ara wall known
in this City and are prominent In social
otrclss.
Of interest to ihe many friends of
Ming Anna Schwitzke comes the announcement of her marriage to Gus-
tava Moeller pf Cleveland. They were
unlied In. marriage ut 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the home ot tli>
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs Win
Schwitzke. The coupe was unattended. Rev. Egll officiated, using the
rlc; ceremony. The young couple
left immediately tor a trip to Buffalo,
Nligru Falls and other points ot interest.
The bride is well known ln Amherst
having resided here until a short time
agj when she went to Cleveland where
she was employed until thla time.
The groom Is also employed in Cleveland and the young couple will reside
ln that city upon their return.
Miss Mary Globe and Frank Scheft
ler both of Cleveland were united ln
marriage Wednesday evening at 6
o'clock at the home of the groom's
parents on North Main street. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. A.
Etvll, pastor of the St. Peter's church
of this place. The young people are
boh of Cleveland and,will reside in
that city after enjoying a Short wedding trip.
M. D. Fleckner visited ln Fremont
last week Thursday.
Mrs. C. H. Purcell, Mrs. Clare Stl-
wald and the Mlssess Mable, Agnes
and Ruth Walker attended a meeting
of the D. A. R. in Lorain Monday.
The thirty denominations taking
part in the Interchurch World Movement have fixed their aggregate budget at' J336,777,672.
SHORTHORN 8HOW CUP8
BEING ENGRAVED HERE
A large number of Amherst people
have been enjoying bathing at the
lake resorts the past week.
Tbe wedding of Russell Nicholl to
Miss Evangeline Qelrlsh of Elyriu
came as a complete surprise to their
many friends both ln Amherst and
Blyria. The couple were quietly married Wednesday afternoon at Elyria
and were unattended.
Mr. Nicholl la the son of Mrs. Ella
Nicholl and is well known In Amherst
having attended the public schools
here and living here all his life. He
attended University School ln Cleveland for one year and later returned
und attended Amherst High School.
Last year he took a course In business
training at Oberlln Business College
and while there met Miss Gelrlsh who
was also attending the school. Later
after finishing his training here Mr.
Nicholl accepted a position with the
Central garage as an automobile salesman and has been ^employed there
until the time of his marriage. He
will continue to work there after their
return from a wedding trip and the
couple will realde in Amherst. Mr.
Nicholl will go back and forth to his
work as has been his custom
Mrs. Nicholl is prominent In social
circles in Elyria, being well known
in Amherst, Elyria and Lorain.
WA8 ACTIVE IN SOCIAL AND
CHURCH CIRCLES—BURIAL
IN SOUTH AMHERST.
Mrs. A. F. Nalley passed away al
the local hospital Tuesday nMcrnoon
ut two o'clock. Death followed an
operation performed at Ihe hospital
u week ago Wednesday.
Mrs. Nalley was 4S years !• months
and Hi days old ut the tlmo of her
death. She was born al Amherst in
1871 and on July fi. l'lOfi she was united In marriage to A. F. Nalley nt this
place. She has lived here ull her
life and is well known and liked by
everyone who knew her and leaves
muny friends to mourn her death
She Is survived by here husband
Mr. A. K. Nalley und two sons, Vincent 14, and Howard 7, of Amhersi.
one brother, Mr. George Curry of
Berlin Heights, four sisters. Missj
Amelia furry. Mrs. Fred Wilbur»•••••* speaker.
Miss Ttrzuh Curry, all ot Olivet, Mich.! Local People Interested in Meetings
and Mrs. Sherman Schofleld of Char Large crowds of townspeople at-
lotte. Mich. One step sister Mrs tended Ibe services, ihey being open
Iduh Carrol of Ann Arbor. Mich. to everyone. Many people realized
Mrs. Nalley wus very prominent In! the value of the educational eaim as
social circles and always took an i well as Ihe moral side of attending a
uellve part in work of this sort. She series of meet lugs of this kind and
was.u member of the local Mothodlst t|1(.y also took advantage ol' the op-
church, was president of the Metho-i portunily.
•list Sewing Society, was u member j Abo(1| ,.. niiM|sl(.r.s wt,r,, preaent
of the Mothers Circle, ,W. 0. T. U..'i||1(1 at)oul M delegates, making about
the Woman's Foreign Missionary So-1 no ,„ u„ .,.,„. me„ wh„(> hpn, were
clety of the Methodist church, the eatBrtaihed at the homes of the aaw
American Red Cross and for many ,,„,.„ „f ,,„, ,.hur(.h They W(>n, 8erved
years past has held a responsible ,„„,, ,,iMI,,.r !in(, aammae while here
office In the local order of Knights a) ,h(, , hllri.h ,):iriors by the ladles
and Ladles of Security and previous\ „. „„. , hur,.h Hn(l ,n th,B way wprfi
had held other offices In this order. ' ,lbIo ,,, ,„. toBeTher a,i dav an,l got
Private funeral services win bs held ,,„,,„,. iir.i|llilU)t0> the Re I'r Klsclien. They
closed.
Mayor Smythe doesn't believe in
u long drawnout discussion on trivial
subjects. He leaven mutters up to | m,my ,-,„■ ChloaCO and oilier western
Robert Patten and family were Oberlln visitors Tuesday evening.
were attended by Mrs Quiglsy, sister
Of tbe lui.le and Mr. Quiglsy, The
couple left Immediately after the cere-
his committees und simply uses the
meeting for u short conference to do
the things necessarily done by ull.
We might say Ihul Mr. Smythe ts u
man of few words uutl the council
seems to have got Into his way ot
doing things by making decisions us
quickly us possible. It the council-
men waul io put anything through
they huve to cook It up before they
come to tha meeting. They don't
huve time to think out all the details
there.
Oeorge Becker spent Saturday evening In Elyria.
I
cities ami upon their return will reside in this city
Both young people are well known
in ibis (lly. having lived here ull
Ihelr lives. They huve both been pro-
miiieiu in social circles and have
many friends In this and nearby cities.
1'ntil tbo close of tho school term this
year, Mrs. Luwless has been employed
us fifth grade' teacher iu the locul
school und was very Eiccesstul in her
work. Mr. Lawless is employed lu
thi' freight ollice of the New York
Central railroad ut Elyriu und is a
valued employe of tbat compuny huv-
[lug worked there for muny years.
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